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The Board Game That Rewards Confusion
The Board Game That Rewards Confusion
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Kahini
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Mar 13, 2026
8:32 AM
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Game nights in our group usually follow the same predictable routine. Someone brings chips, someone insists on making coffee late at night, and we rotate through the same few games until everyone slowly loses interest. Recently that boredom reached a point where we started looking around for something different. We recently surfed on copper clues for new games since we were so bored of the ones we always played. That is how Mission Scribbles ended up on our table.
At first glance the game looked simple. Inside were cue cards, coins, and a spiral notepad used for drawing. The idea sounded straightforward. One person performs a silent clue from a cue card while everyone else quickly sketches what they think the performer means. Coins sit in the center of the table and move around depending on guesses and outcomes. It sounds neat and organized when explained but the moment the first round begins everything becomes wonderfully confusing.
During our first round the performer attempted a clue that involved some kind of animal movement. Half the table thought it was a monkey. One person confidently drew a kangaroo. Another somehow produced a sketch that looked suspiciously like a dancing potato. When the clue was revealed everyone burst into laughter because not a single drawing came close.
The real chaos began when snacks entered the scene. Someone placed a bowl of chips nearby and another friend brought coffee. In the middle of a dramatic clue performance an elbow bumped into the cup and coffee spilled across the table. Everyone scrambled to protect the cue cards and the pile of coins while laughing at the same time.
Later another round got even worse. One friend was holding a plate of sauce covered snacks while trying to draw quickly before the round ended. In the rush they left orange fingerprints across the spiral page. The drawing itself already looked confusing but the sauce marks made it look like an alien jellyfish.
Moments like that kept repeating. Coins clinked around the table, cue cards kept changing hands, and every clue reveal created another wave of laughter because the drawings were so wildly wrong. At one point a chip even fell into the coin pile and someone jokingly tried to count it as part of the score.
By the end of the night the table was covered with ridiculous sketches and everyone agreed on one lesson. Mission Scribbles is far better when the snacks are dry and hands stay clean. Otherwise the confusion spreads from the drawings straight onto the game itself. And honestly that ridiculous confusion is exactly what makes the whole experience so fun.
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ranisha
1 post
Mar 13, 2026
8:37 AM
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I love mission scribbles so much <3
this reminds to get one for my brother tmr on his bday!
Last Edited by ranisha on Mar 13, 2026 8:38 AM
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